Guitar Party - 27 Nov 10

Another great get together with friends, food and music!  We love these people......

Brenda and Kelly .. time to eat

Greg, Jean, Dar and Chris enjoying pot luck before the tunes

Linda, Kevin and Brian

Chris and Greg

Sean, Carl and Jim

Carl, Jim, Dar and Arlene

Keith and Trinda enjoying the music

the music circle - Dar, Arlene, Judy, Brian, Gary, Jean and Kevin

Carl, Kieth, Trinda and half of Sean

Judy and Brian with background strumming

Arlene, Judy and Brian.  okay what do we play next?

Dar: play something I can sing! I just want to sing!!!

Arlene and Judy

Play something I can sing! I just want to sing!!!

Ben just wants to eat...

The trio: Judy, Brian and Arlene

Arlene and Gary

Jim and Judy

Paulette and Brian

Paulette, Judy and Arlene

Jim, Brian and Gary

the Hostess..

at play...

Kid Rock is in the house!

I wanna sing too!

are you talkin' to me?

more playing

Arlene's solo

more backup

I wanna sing too!

that's all folks....

Sunday Ride - Tatamagouche

Another great Sunday ride in Nova Scotia in the fall...

Balmoral Grist Mill

" A working grist mill from 1874 Discover this three-storey mill tucked away in a wooded gorge on Matheson’s Brook. See grains being ground, sifted and turned into flour just as they have been since Alexander McKay opened this mill in 1874. Feel the mill in action and hear the whir of wooden gears as shafts and pulleys turn the original Scottish granite millstones.

Bring a picnic and linger in this shady and peaceful place. Hear the mill stream splashing as water tumbles over the dam. Ramble along the Christine MacDonald Walking Trail as it winds along the brook."

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/bgm/en/home/default.aspx

Wilma...

Fred and Wilma

I wanna drive too

Lunch in Tatamagougche

life size carvings of Anna Swan and Martin Van Burren Bates

"The Anna Swan Museum is presently housed at the Tatamagouche Creamery Square located at 39 Creamery Road. Born in the mid 1800’s and weighing approximately 18 pounds at birth, Anna Swan looms large in the history of Tatamagouche. Growing to a height of seven foot eleven inches, at sixteen she joined the P.T. Barnum’s American Museum in New York City. While on an overseas tour with P.T. Barnum, she met and eventually married Martin Van Burren Bates the so called “Kentucky Giant”. The Anna Swan Archives holds personal items of Anna Swan, photographs, a door from their custom built house, and other items of interest."

http://tatamagouche.com/attractions/

Weekend on the Margaree

What an Awesome Weekend!

Even if you lived to be a thousand years old, you would never be able to spend a weekend with a better group of people than those in this fun-loving group.  Thanks to all for a great time....

What's a trip to Cape Breton if it doesn't include a bit of a wait at the Causeway!

Joanne, Paul and Frieda (note the full bottle)

George and Al

something, or rather someone, missing here?

the most awesome smoked salmon ever! Thanks George...

Greg, Sharon, Michael, George, Paul, Al, Nancy, Brian, Paulette, Barbara

Carolyn and Randy now

Nancy and Randy

Brian, Paulette and Barbara

George proposes a toast!

Al proposes a toast!!

Barbara also!

Carolyn and Nancy too!

Paulette puts an end to it...

or maybe Gerald did!

Something was pretty funny!

 Frieda and Joanne are amused as well

Red and Harold??

two are two of the finest men you'll will ever meet.  Too bad their fire making skills suck!

Greg and Brian to the rescue, under the watchful, yet unspectacled, eye of Gerald

mmmm, more smoked salmon for me

Frieda and Al

Paul, Micheal and George with weiner fever

Greg Orbison or Roy Melanson?

the men are all still in bed!

early departure back to the mainland

getting ready for a day on the bikes around the Cabot Trail.  It doesn't get any better than that (check out the blue sky)

Sharon and Barbara at Englishtown

Gerald and Carolyn at Englishtown

Ferry crossing at Englishtown

a break to stretch and enjoy the view

weekends like this one should never end

the best riding in North America

ahhhhhhhh

hard to beat

Barbara and Micheal all set for the ride home on the next day

somewhere on the road

lunch at the Big Stop at the causeway, of course

 last stop for coffee in Sheet Harbour (we took the long way)

ahh yes, what a weekend....................



"Ride and Have Fun"
as it should be